Taxon: Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald

Summary

Genus:

Amelanchier

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

2871

Place of publication:

Rhodora 43:563. 1941

Verified:

03/25/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

19 (16 active, 8 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Mespilus arborea F. Michx.

No images

Links

Forestry Images – from www.forestryimages.org

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:174.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1198.
FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
Frye, C. T. 2006. Morphometric analysis of an Amelanchier (Rosaceae: Maloideae) complex on the Delmarva Peninsula (Delaware, Maryland and eastern Virginia) resolves the taxonomic identities of Amelanchier obovalis and A. canadensis. Sida 22:1045.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: with three varieties
Landry, P. 1975. Le concept d'espèce et la taxinomie du genre Amelanchier (Rosacées). Bull. Soc. Bot. France 122:247.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States
Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas
Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
2018. Oklahoma vascular plant database

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	downy serviceberry	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
English	downy shadbush	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
English	juneberry	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1198.
German	Schnee-Felsenbirne	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1198.
Swedish	stor häggmispel	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	New Brunswick	s.	Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario	s.	Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec	s.	Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas	e.	FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota	e.	FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska	s.e.	FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	District of Columbia		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	n.w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia		FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.), Québec (s.)]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (e.), Minnesota (e.), Missouri, Nebraska (s.e.), Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida (n.w.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)

FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America. 9:660.
Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	erosion control	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental	ornamental	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human food	fruit	Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2871. Accessed 14 April 2026.